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A full investigation was underway yesterday to discover how two Tamil Tiger light aircraft managed to sneak past Sri Lankan Air Force radars to cause one of the most bizarre terrorist attacks in the island’s 20-year-old ethnic conflict.

They dropped at least four and maybe eight bombs on an air force base next to Colombo’s international airport. Three air force personnel were killed and up to 16 others were injured. A guard post was destroyed.

The Tamil Tigers, fighting for an independent homeland in the north and east, had boasted of an air wing since 1995, but this was the